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Why We Should Hate All Consultants

When my company is stuck, I’m just as inclined to hire an outside advisor as other leaders are. But I hate it. Hiring a consultant means something needs to be …

Toyota’s Dysfunction

When you go slow, it could be you’re being thoughtful or considered, but more often than not, you are waiting for some one else to make a decision. In the …

Why the How Matters

Connecting with friends now that the New How  book is done about why I wrote it and the journey of 10 years it took me to really get why the …

Little Things Like Pictures

Friend/colleague writes he saw this “On the shelf at my local Barnes and Noble. In UTAH. So cool.”   It’s always the little things that can help brighten a day, …

6 Ways to Change Business

The consistent question asked from any audience and group I work with is…. For us to do this high-performance collaborative work: Don’t the leaders have to change their approach? And, …

New How T-Shirt

Yes, it’s true, no one really needs another t-shirt. But we do wear logos, designs we care about. And we often wear things that embody our values. I can’t wait …

Ingredients of Workplace Happiness

Inspired by reading the Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, I asked a series of questions on Friday about workplace happiness. I used happiness as a shortcut word for a place …

To Leaders Afraid of Twitter

What would you say to the Leader who says “we just shouldn’t be that transparent” or “being transparent in the marketplace will ruin our competitive advantage”? Pam Fox Rollin asked …

The New How: Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy

For years now, our clients have let us build a different kind of strategy with them. They’ve let us not only catalyze and define the big idea, but they let us work with them to translate that big idea into a plan and approach that everyone buys into and ultimately makes real.